Import Data with MIF

The new Maximo Integration Framework, formerly known as Maximo Enterprise Adapter (MEA), makes it easy to import data. I will show you how you can import data into Maximo from an interface table. … Read More

This screencast will walk you through importing security users and be able to set their passwords. Read this post to setup your CRON tasks, if you haven't already done so.
What you will learn in this video:
Import users and set user … Read More

I have already shown in detail how to export data to an XML file but this screencast will show you how to import data using XML flat files. It will also show you how to get the XML file structure for the object you wish to import.
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I have already given a simple tutorial on how to import assets with MIF using interface tables. Now, if you want to import asset specifications as well, this is a detailed tutorial on how to do that with interface tables. You can also download a … Read More

Exporting data with the Integration Framework is a lot easier than importing data. When importing data, we use "Enterprise Services", but for exporting data we need to use "Publish Channels". Of course they are both based on Object Structures. Out … Read More

There is already a guide to import failure codes with Maximo 6 and MEA but it seems as though this guide isn't really useful for Maximo 7 and the Integration Framework. Initially, I thought it the guide provided by IBM for Maximo 6 would of been … Read More

There seems to be some trick to really getting the locations and location hierarchies to be imported into Maximo correctly with the Integration Framework. I have tried many things to get this to work and I here is what I have come up with. This … Read More

In our forum, Robert is having some trouble creating a person group object structure, so I figured I could write up a quick step by step tutorial on how create a MXPERSONGROUP object structure to import new groups. … Read More

In this tutorial, I will show you how to setup object structures and enterprise services to import PM's that use PM sequencing. PM sequencing or job plan sequencing is when you want to use a different job plan on one PM when the it is generated into … Read More

There is a built in object structure called MXCLASSIFICATION that we will use to import classification hierarchies and also the classification attributes using the Maximo Integration Framework (MIF). I will be using my default method of importing … Read More